In everyday horror stories, Johns Hopkins professor Susan Baker saw preventable tragedies. Maryland needs Baker’s life-saving lessons now more than ever. The state suffers the second-highest pedestrian fatality rates in the mid-Atlantic, pointing to broader traffic safety concerns . Baltimore drivers are the third-riskiest in the nation , and the city is plagued by mass overdoses . The Injury Center at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protected us from these injuries — the leading cause of death among people ages 1-44. Now it’s on the president’s chopping block. If it dies, people will die with it. Baker’s fingerprints are all over the center. Her legacy offers insight to save it, and to preserve the safety it defended.

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